Nate MacLeitch, CEO of QuickBlox, collaborated with the AI Marketing Directory to survey 131 business leaders on their AI priorities for 2025.
The results indicate a dynamic tension: 72.8% of leaders cite ease of use as a top priority, but 60.3% are concerned about security vulnerabilities. This paradox underscores a critical challenge for leaders—ensuring seamless user experiences without compromising the integrity and safety of their AI tools. In this interview, MacLeitch delves into the survey insights, providing strategies for building trust, bridging readiness gaps, and leading teams into a transformative AI era.
Quickblox’s survey highlights a tension between ease of use and security concerns. How should leaders address this trade-off without compromising trust?
Yes, our survey found that 72.8% of business leaders saw ease of use as a top priority for their 2025 AI investments. However, 60.3% expressed concern about the security of their tools.
Really, easy navigation and airtight security go hand in hand. Any tools your developers build should be simple to use, and to ensure that, you need a clear purpose so they can map out the user journey in as few steps as possible. When the app itself is streamlined, and workflows are straightforward, it is much easier to track and monitor performance and security. We know that a blank page can be daunting when scoping out app development projects. We’ve built customizable software development kits (SDKs) and application programming interfaces (APIs) to help developers get a head start. They can plug and play with the various features available to suit their specific use cases.
By using SDKs that have been developed and trialed by expert security teams—built with best practices, security protocols, and vulnerability mitigations front of mind—developers write less code themselves, which reduces time-to-market and the potential for introducing security flaws.
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